As actors, you play people who are not yourselves!

It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.

My history teacher was utterly terrifying, but her lessons were very inspiring. She got me interested in people and stories, which then led me to acting.

I've not sat with my agent going: 'Where is the next hopeless girl I can play?' They just come along.

When I'm in a tricky situation I often think: 'What would Beyonce do?' It helps.

You have to have sympathy for and an empathy with a character in order to play them.

In the U.K., there is a sort of obsession with class.

I'm not recognised much at all.

I think it must be so hard to start your career with everyone going on about how gorgeous you are. To be in that bracket must be so pressurised.

I don't really get recognised very much.

I certainly never saw myself as posh.

You might hate a successful person, but you can not hate a true hero.

I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function.

It’s been proven that of all the interventions to reduce poverty, improving agricultural productivity is the best.

I have gotten into a lot of trouble in my life for being brutally honest. Sometimes I put both my feet in my mouth. But like Elton John, I'm still standing.

Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat.

The first song I did was over a Chief Keef beat - Understand Me. I did that in, like, 2011 or 2012, I think.

Hard work and determination equals success. Nothing comes easy. Put your mind to something.

People generally despise where they flatter, and cringe to those they would gladly overtop; so that truth and ceremony are two things.

Whenever you have a tight situation and there's a close pitch, the umpire gets a squawk no matter how he calls it.

I'll start with the Beatles, and I'll bookend it with Soundgarden.